The Brookhaven leader., 1887-07-28

| surroundings Of your life from him. o
man, what dost thou with that hard heartl
Canst thou not feel one throb OF graft
tude toward the Sod that made you, and
the Christ who came to redeem you, an
the Holy Ghost who has all these years
been importuniug yout II you could sit
down FIVE minutes under the tree OF q
Ssviour's martyrdom and feel HE warm
life trickhng on your forehead, and
cheek, and hands, methinks you would
get SONY appreciation of what you owe
TO a crucifled Jesus
Heart OF stone, relent, relent
| Touched by Jesus cross subdhed;
See HIS body mangled, rent.
Covered with gore Of FLOOD.
Sinful soul. wha, lbst thou donei
| CrucihPd tne Eternal Son.
| Jacob, with goad deal OF tug and
! push, took the stone from thu Wells
mouth, SO that the hnckS might De
watered. And would 'ha this morning
my word, blessed OF God, might remove
the hindrsncca To your getting up to the
Gospel we'll Yea, take II for granted
that the work IA done and now, like Ori-
entail shepherds, proceed to wntpr the
sheep.
Come, all We thirstyi You have an I'M
| defined longing in your soul. You tried
money making; that did not s'tisfy you.
| You tried office under Government; that
did not sa isfy you. You tried pictures
and sculptures; hut works Of art did not
satisfy you.
You are "a much discont-nted with this
| life az the celeb ate French author who
| felt that he rou not any lolgcr endure
the mistortuneI OF the world, and who
said.
"At four o'clock this afternoon shall
put an end to nv own existence. Mean
time, must toll on up to that time for
the sustenance of my family"
And he wrote on his book until the
clock struck four. when he folded up his
manuscript, and, BY hs own hand, con-
Guided his earthly life. There are men
in this house who are perfectly dlscon-
tented. Unhappy i'll the p St, unhappy
to-day, to be unhappy forever. unless you
come TO this Gasp-l well. Tlib satisfies
the soul with high. deep, all 1bsorbing
and eternal satisfaction. II comes and 1t
offers the most unfortunate man so
much of this world as ia hos for him, and
throws all Heaven in the bargain. The
wealth OF C:os aus. and all the Stewards.
and all the b rings. and all tho Roths-
chlds Is only a poor, miserable shilling
compared with the eternal fortunes that
Christ offers Won to-day.
In the far East there was King who
usei once year to get on scales, while
on the other side Of the scales were
placed god, and silver, and gems. In
deed. enough were placed theI . TO balance
the King; then, at he close OF the weigh
ing, all those treasu es were thrown
among the populaca. Bat Christ to-day
steps on one side tie scales, and on the
other side are all the treasures OF the
universe, and He sgys:
ga are yours-all height, all depth,
all length, all breadth, all eternity; all
are yours"
We don't appreciate the promises OF
the Gospel. When an aged clergyman
was dying-a man very eminent In the
Church-aIyoung theological studentstood
by his side, and the aged man looked up
and said TO him:
Cant Yon give me some comfort In my
dying hou p
mo" said the young man. ~ can't
talk to you on this subject; you know all
about it, and have known it so long"
well" said the dying man, "jnst re-
cite TO me some promises"
The young man thought moment and
he came to this promise:
The blood OF Jesus Christ cleanseth from all
SIN
And the old MAJ clappel his hands, and
in his dying moment said!
That's just the promise ! We been
waiting for:
The blood of Jesu, CHRIST cleanseth from all
sim"
Oh, the warmth. the grandeur, the mag
nifcance of the promises.
Come, also, to this Gospel vel, all ye
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capped. Compare your view OF this life at
fifteen years of age with what your view
is of it at forty or sixty or seventy. What
great contrast Of opinion! Were YOU
right then, or are you right nowl Two
cups placed in you" hands, the one
sweet cup, the other ! sour cup. cup
of Joy and cup Of grief. Watch has been
the nearest to being full, and out OF which
have you the more frequently partaGen!
What different place Green wood is from
what it used to be. Once it was to you a
grand city Improvement, and you
went out on the pleasure excursion, and
you ran lauqhingly up the mound, and
YOU criticised in a light way the epitaph
But since the day when You heard the
bell toll at the gate when You went in
with the procession il is sad place, and
there is flood of rushing memories that
suffuse the eye and overmaster the
heart
Oh, you have had trouble, trouble,
trouble. God only knows how much you
have had. 1t is a wonder Won have been
able to live through it. 1t is a wonder
your nervous system has not been shat
tered, and your brain has not reeled.
Trouble, trouble. If / could gather ali
the griefs, of all sorts, from tn great
audience, and could putthem IN one scroll,
neither man nor angel could endure the
recitation. Volt then, what do you wantl
Would you ike to have your property
back againe
"No,' you say, as a Chri'tlan man, II
was becoming arrogant, and think that
is why The Lord took il away. l don't
want TO have my properly back"
Well, would you have your departed
friends back again!
'No," you say "a couldn't thxe the re-
sponsIbility OF bringing them from a tear
less realm to ID realm Of tears. Icouldn't
do it"
Wei, then, VIII 1t do you wantl A thou
sand voices in the au Hence cry out:
Comfort, give Us comfort"
For that reason have rolled away the
stone from the wells mouth. Come, all
We wounded Of the flock, pursued Of the
wolves, come to the fountain where the
Lort's sick and bercfy ones have come
"Ah," says some one, "you are not old
enough 10 unders stand sorrows. You have
not been il the world as long as | have,
and you can't talk to me about my mis-
fortunes in the time of Old age"
Well, l may not have lived as long as
you, but have been a great deal among
old people, and l know how they feel